U18 World League

Loser Stadium
Spectators: 7784 (Terracing: 5839, Seating: 1790, VIP seats: 155) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Arseniy Kartashevskiy got the match started through his kick off. Sandrinho Xavier blasted a shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Artem Rossohin having to make a save. Jailson Souto hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Arseniy Kartashevskiy in the 10th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eliseu Negri prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Sandrinho Xavier came free with the goalkeeper in the 12th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Artem Rossohin could save by the left post. The supporters of New Loser FC booed when Unica FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arseniy Kartashevskiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. New Loser FC's Cássio Britto was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 19th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Eliseu Negri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arseniy Kartashevskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 28 minutes of play, Unica FC's Arseniy Kartashevskiy made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eliseu Negri was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 32nd minute, New Loser FC's Evaristo Guimarães ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Artem Rossohin. Artem Rossohin yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evaristo Guimarães in the 38th minute of play forced Unica FC's goalkeeper Artem Rossohin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Unica FC fans' excitement grew in the 40th match minute when Unica FC's Arseniy Kartashevskiy looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 47th minute Cássio Britto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artem Rossohin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cássio Britto made a kick off. Fedor Aboneev hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. Duarte Azevedo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 51st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Artem Rossohin. Unica FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Artem Rossohin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cássio Britto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sandrinho Xavier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Artem Rossohin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 62 minutes into the match, New Loser FC's goal looked a bit too open when Arseniy Kartashevskiy came free, but Eliseu Negri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 69 minutes into the match, Cássio Britto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Artem Rossohin. Unica FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cássio Britto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. 72 minutes into the match, Unica FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cássio Britto came free, but Artem Rossohin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eliseu Negri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikolay Sergeev, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. In the 81st minute, Duarte Azevedo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nikolay Sergeev kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Deivid Bittencourt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Artem Rossohin having to interfere. Sandrinho Xavier took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Artem Rossohin. Artem Rossohin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-2. New Loser FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.